aksarben Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) Hi all, here is my take on a modern Boss 302. Jada kit homemade decals modified aftermarket resin wheels scratchbuilt engine details (intake, crossmember) Testors Bright Yellow Clear coat I love the Jada kit, I will probably build a couple more of these in different schemes. Here are more photos. Boss 302 Questions, comments welcome. Steve Edited May 17, 2011 by aksarben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewart Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Amazing. Can you give more detail on what resin wheels and how you modified them. They look really cool. STewart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Stone Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Can you give more detail on what resin wheels and how you modified them. They look really cool. X2. I like the wheels, and the overall look of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewart Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I was looking at some of your other builds. Wow. How did you do the filament on the air filters. It looks really good. STewart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 im not into mustangs, but man this looks tough. you know it's true, the wheels either make or break a cars appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleb Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 All I can say is Wow. Yes, more on the rims. What do you use for the interior paint? specifically the black. I love the jada kit they are easy to put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Great looking Boss. Paint and wheels do look great on it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksarben Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) Thanks everyone. Here are the wheels I used.. RESIN WHEELS I highly recommend them, they are very nice. Perfect castings. I only had to trim down the outside diameter a bit to get them to fit the tires I used, I utilized some parts box trim rings as well. Stewart, most of the filters I use are scratch built using actual paper strips or cut up paint bottle lids (with the filter type grooves). Kaleb, the interior is actually cheap dollar store no name flat black spray paint. I noticed that it's not completely flat and has a sort of "satiny" sheen to it so thought that it would be great for interiors, I guess that was a good call. Thanks. Steve Edited May 17, 2011 by aksarben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreham Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) cool lookin Mustang.. love the wheels and the stance..nice colour too. Edited May 17, 2011 by Boreham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW Dave Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Count me as a fan too....I really like it. A nice blend of the old and the new, with a ton of attitude thrown in for good measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 With the Chargers, Camaros and the rest of retro movement, I'm surprised that Ford hasn't built one of these. Yours is excellent, great detail! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shucky Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I'm a big fan of the Jada kits, lots of potential and you definitely proved that. Has to be one of the best modern day Mustangs I've seen built to date. Extremely awesome build! Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Zoom Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Nice work, excellent concept and execution! I am also a big fan of the Jada kits...well, all except the Corvette that had caricature-proportions. I was dying for a GT500, nothing to be found (at the time) from Revell, and then when I saw how good the Jada kits were I built my GT500 and never even bothered to buy/build the Revell kit when it (finally) came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geckoman1220 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 beautiful, where can I get a set of those reverse c-stripes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehansen Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Cool, good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric C Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Very nice looking Stang. I like the overall look of it and really like those wheels. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Well now, that is pretty cool! I love that you went with the early '69 "C" stripes instead of the overused '70 style! 3 thumbs up!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherokeered Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Love It! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Very nice build! Lots of good imagination and update of parts. One very large thing hits me about this though and it bothers me about a lot of these new retro cars. I think that you missed the point of the original Boss Mustangs. They were homolgation specials for Can Am and Trans Am racing. I have seen a lot of the original Boss Mustangs and lusted after them when they were new. These cars were strippers! If it didn't make the car go faster or handle better it went away. The originals had rubber floor mats, no upholstery on the doors, basic racing seats and sure as heck, no cup holders. Music systems were deleted and there was a back seat delete option. The instruments were large and legible. No trim rings on the rims. At any rate, your model is very nice and follows the current trend in retro cars. I just wish someone would do the darn things in manner that lived up to the intent of the originals. In other words, something that you can slap a roll cage in and go racing. Probably would not sell well, but then neither did the originals which is why there are not a whole lot of them left. Ok, grandpa is done and will come in off the front porch and stop yelling at the kids on the front lawn! Keep building em like you like them. Edited May 18, 2011 by Pete J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Herajärvi Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Very cool. I might get one Jada kit after seeing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbasher2 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 very nice work amazing detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksarben Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) I love that you went with the early '69 "C" stripes Thanks, I think they fit the style of the new Mustang better. How about a modern take on the Twister Special as a follow-up to this one? Cool idea, then the Boss 429, the Mach 1. I could get carried away.. Pete J. Sorry Pete, I was just looking for something interesting for my next project, I'll strip the back seats, door panels etc. whatever I can out of it as soon as posible, kidding. Good points though and thanks for your comments. Steve Edited May 20, 2011 by aksarben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksarben Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 beautiful, where can I get a set of those reverse c-stripes? I drew them up myself in Photoshop and printed them out, I can send you a copy of the digital file if you want to print out your own. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsimmons Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Very nice build! Lots of good imagination and update of parts. One very large thing hits me about this though and it bothers me about a lot of these new retro cars. I think that you missed the point of the original Boss Mustangs. They were homolgation specials for Can Am and Trans Am racing. I have seen a lot of the original Boss Mustangs and lusted after them when they were new. These cars were strippers! If it didn't make the car go faster or handle better it went away. The originals had rubber floor mats, no upholstery on the doors, basic racing seats and sure as heck, no cup holders. Music systems were deleted and there was a back seat delete option. The instruments were large and legible. No trim rings on the rims. At any rate, your model is very nice and follows the current trend in retro cars. I just wish someone would do the darn things in manner that lived up to the intent of the originals. In other words, something that you can slap a roll cage in and go racing. Probably would not sell well, but then neither did the originals which is why there are not a whole lot of them left. Ok, grandpa is done and will come in off the front porch and stop yelling at the kids on the front lawn! Keep building em like you like them. There are plenty of kits on the store shelves. I almost got a 2007 Shelby for just that purpose, but I currently have a lot of Mustangs already in the queue, and all of them will be race cars in one form or another. Wait 'till you see what I do to my '65 R-Model. BTW, my last real 1:1 Mustang was a 65 fastback with a *factory* dual-quad intake (matched Carter carbs running suicide linkage) on a massaged 302, toploader 4-speed, Hurst short-throw shifter, 9-inch gusseted rear end with 31-spine axles, aluminum drive shaft, and disc brakes all around. The interior was gutted, and only contained two non-adjustable fiberglass racing seats, a roll cage, and 5-point racing harnesses (I didn't even have the rubber matts or a glovebox door). All removable body panels were replaced with fiberglass components, including the rear bumper (I had a r-model front facia on it). I completely rebuilt the mechanicals myself (including front end, tranny, and rear end). The really cool thing about it was that it was my daily driver. It wasn't built for drag racing, but when I took it up to OCIR (before they shut it down), it turned low 13's in the 1/4-mile - on pump gas and street tires. As you can see, I'm of the same frame of mind as you. Edited May 20, 2011 by jsimmons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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